Improvement in stook-holders



G. SAX.

STOCK-HOLDER.

No. 192.457. Patented June 26,1877.

NPETHS PHOfO-L THOGHAFHER WASHINGYON D C 1P ATE GEORGE SAX, OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN STOCK-HOLDERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. I92,457, dated June '36, 1877; application filed March 2-1, 1877.

To all whom 115 may concern Be it knownthat I, GEORGE SAX, of Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Stook-Holder, of which the following is a specification:

Figure 1 is a side elevation. end elevation.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

My invention relates to apparatus for bold ing sheaves of 'corn while forming a stook; and it consists of a bar having a horizontal rod passing through it at right angles, and having hinged supports or legs at one of its ends, which hold the bar in an inclined position when in use,'and which may be folded together for convenience in handling.

In the drawing, A is a tapered bar, of wood or other suitable material. B B are legs or supports hinged to the bar A at e, and provided with a cross bar or brace, O, which is divided and hinged at its center, and is also hinged to the legs.

Braces a a are attached to the legs B,- and hinged to the bar A at b. D is a rod that extends equally on each side of the bar A horizontally at right angles, and is placed at about Fig. 2 is an one-third the distance from the legs to the smaller end of the bar A.

The bar A, when the stook-holder is in use, is supported in an inclined position, the smaller end resting on the ground and the larger end being supported by the legs 13;

The manner of using the stook-holder is as follows: The legs 13 and the small end of the bar A resting on the ground, the sheaves are formed as the corn is cut, and are placed in an inclined position against the bar A, and are supported laterally by the rod D. After the stock is formed and finished, draw the rod D from the bar A. The upper end of the bar A is then raised so as to clear the legs from the ground, when the brace O is folded upward, thereby folding the legs together. The holder is carried forward to the front when it is desired to form another stook.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patcut- The tapered bar A, legs B, braces O and a,

rod D, and hinges 0, combined and arranged substantially as herein shown and described. YVitnesses: GEORGE SAX.

PHILIPP SAX, LIZZIE SAX. 

